Covid-19 and its socioeconomic consequences has emphasised people’s need for these places: research, biodiversity conservation, plants for food, health and cultural purposes, and open space in congested urban settings
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Melanie Boehi
Melanie Boehi is visiting researcher at the Wits Institute for Social and Economic Research